S. 3324: Combat Sexual Harassment in Housing Act

114th Congress · introduced 2016-09-14 · Housing and Community Development · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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Where it came from: introduced 2016-09-14 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Combat Sexual Harassment in Housing Act

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Combat Sexual Harassment in Housing Act This bill amends the Fair Housing Act to identify certain unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature in or around a dwelling that is sufficiently severe or pervasive as to constitute a discriminatory housing practice based on hostile environment sexual harassment. Such conduct consists of: (1) an unwelcome touching of a sexual nature or groping; or (2) any other unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature that is intended to be coercive, threatening, or intimidating.

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Combat Sexual Harassment in Housing Act

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Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] · 0 cosponsors

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114s3324.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/s>

Record fed-us-cong114-s3324 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114